3456 - Pergamum (AE Athena/trophy) over Pergamum (Asclepius/snake) (eBay, 8 June 2014, 112036371943)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3456

133 BCE - 67 BCE | ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 81 - Pergamum over Pergamum.jpg

Overstruck variety

SO 78 - Pergamum over Pergamum overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	eBay, 8 June 2014, no. 112036371943

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΘΗΝΑΣ ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟY (Greek) Trophy consisting of helmet and cuirass.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Pergamum

Ancient regionAncient region.

Mysia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 133 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Chameroy 2016, p. 115, fig. 4

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Chameroy 20161Chameroy 2016

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asklepios right, wearing a laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AΣΚΛΗΠΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ (Greek) Raised snake on omphalos.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Pergamum

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Mysia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 133 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 67 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks: